SERVER AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING MAP IMAGE
First Claim
1. A server for outputting to a terminal device communicably connected, a map image having one or more user elements arranged thereon, each corresponding to a respective user, the server comprising one or more processors capable of executing a predetermined program, the predetermined program comprising:
- a determination module configured to determine, according to a request to output the map image, a modification direction and a modification distance used to modify a geographical position corresponding to a user having the user element thereof arranged on the map image;
an arrangement module configured to arrange the user elements on the map image at positions corresponding to the geographical positions modified according to the determined modification direction and the determined modification distance; and
an output module configured to output to the terminal device the map image having the user elements arranged thereon.
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Abstract
A server according to one embodiment displays on a map image a position corresponding to a user with consideration for user privacy. The server executes a program for outputting a map image including: a user specifying module configured to specify, based at least on a present position of one or more users, the one or more users for whom user elements are arranged on the map image; a determination module configured to determine a modification direction and a modification distance used to modify the present location corresponding to the one or more users thus specified; an arrangement module configured to arrange the user elements on the map image at a position corresponding to the present location modified according to the determined modification direction and the determined modification distance; and an output module configured to output to a terminal device the map image having the user elements arranged thereon.
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1. A server for outputting to a terminal device communicably connected, a map image having one or more user elements arranged thereon, each corresponding to a respective user, the server comprising one or more processors capable of executing a predetermined program, the predetermined program comprising:
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a determination module configured to determine, according to a request to output the map image, a modification direction and a modification distance used to modify a geographical position corresponding to a user having the user element thereof arranged on the map image; an arrangement module configured to arrange the user elements on the map image at positions corresponding to the geographical positions modified according to the determined modification direction and the determined modification distance; and an output module configured to output to the terminal device the map image having the user elements arranged thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for outputting a map image having one or more user elements arranged thereon, each corresponding to a respective user, the method comprising:
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determining a modification direction and a modification distance used to modify a geographical position corresponding to a user having the user element thereof arranged on the map image, according to a request to output the map image; arranging the user elements on the map image at a position corresponding to the geographical position modified according to the determined modification direction and the determined modification distance; and outputting the map image having the user elements arranged thereon.
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